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"Last night, indeed..." The brunette guffawed, delighted, tut-tutting them quietly and pursing her lips. She looked like Christmas had come early, eyeing the room, the bed, and her friends, finding them in disarray. "It looks like you two had fun..."

"Rika!" Emilia just whimpered, miserable; speechless and bright red, she glared desperately down at her toes, and sat down hard on the mattress behind her...

Maou just cursed; covering his mouth with one faintly tremoring hand, and looking at the wall beside him with wide eyes.

Somehow, he sounded both enraptured and transfixed...

The king of Hell realized, furious, that he'd been staring at Emi's ass this whole time, unable to look away, as she quivered in her lacy bra and tiny thong... He hadn't even realized it, until she sat down...

"Okay, fine, Fine-" Rika chuckled, bowing her head a bit, glancing wryly at them and turning half away, giggling. "I'll step out, give you two...Give you some time alone-"

"Rikaaa!" Emi moaned, steaming red, pleading. She covered her face, weakly, with both hands; inconsolable, giving up on hiding her body.

"Now we'll have to hear this shit every day..." Maou hissed, lowly, to himself, staggering slowly to his feet.

Emi squirmed in place, blushing madly. She was well aware of Maou's eyes wandering her curves, against his will…

"Count on it..." The brunette descended into a fit of giggles, waving to them both. "I'll be in the kitchen, when you're ready... Making Coffee, if you want some-"

Rika took off, gaily, and slammed her bedroom door shut behind her.

Leaving Maou and Emi, alone together, inside…

Silence.

Silence... For a moment, nothing stirred. The joyful cacophony of the birds chirping outside seemed to echo through the room, weighty, and absorbed in the absurd tension.

The Demon King leaned slightly against the wall, on his feet now; trembling for a moment and shutting his eyes, briefly dizzy.

Emilia just watched him, flushed red, with wide eyes; anxiously nibbling her fingernails.

She found that she could not speak, strangled, fidgeting on the mattress. Her eyes flickered away for a moment, nervously and desperately, when he steadied himself, grimacing; Maou stood up properly, straightening his body, and exhaled, clearly troubled.

Emilia shivered when his blinding eyes landed on her. Absolutely speechless and wordless, blushing madly on the mattress, she stared away with wide eyes, unable to look at him.

The silence was deafening.

It was Overwhelming, as both Maou and Emi were forced to wonder, privately, just how much the other remembered about last night...

The mystery of their actions together last night was consuming them.

"Emilia." The King of Hell broke the silence, at last. Despite the strength in his voice, he sounded indecisive, and hesitant.

She squeaked something, miserable, under her breath; blinking, and still looking poignantly away, unable to face him...

"W-What... " The Hero stammered, nearly whispering, almost having a heart attack; shifting on the mattress, trying desperately to find her nerve.

Maou paused, as if second guessing himself; she met his eyes, with noiseless tears beginning to leak down her red cheeks.

Neither of them could tell whether she was crying from happiness, from fascination and joy, or from sheer terror and desperation.

Flashes of recollection danced in front of his mind's eye again, seeing himself kiss her, kiss the Hero...

He saw himself lock his lips over hers, forcefully, saw her leaning into him... Leaning up into him, with one foot off the ground, unsteadily, breathing raggedly halfway against a wall. He saw her kissing him back with all her energy, all her heart and soul, wrapping her arms around his neck…

He saw her panting, blushing red, as he trapped her tightly against him, kissing her lips again, kissing her mouth, heatedly... He remembered her smell, her taste, the feeling of her tender lips and the supple curves of her body... He could still feel her tongue dancing against his, as she tilted her head back, opening her mouth wider and grinding her core against his erection, in a heated, whirling trance...

Maou was speechless, just staring at her; just staring, unable to look away.

For a moment, Emilia shuddered under the weight of his gaze; his eyes were blinding, oppressive...

"Well...?" The Hero whispered at last, in a small, squeaky voice, furiously red. Emi hugged herself under her breasts; staring, teary eyed, at the floor between them. "Maou...?"

"I kissed you." He answered, dryly, nodding; setting one hand on his shoulder. His eyes traced her body, her voluptuous curves, against his will.

"Yes you did." She whispered back, breathlessly and quietly, somewhat shrilly; unsteady, with a light blush dusting her cheeks. Staring squarely into his chest, she adjusted herself, utterly miserable and uncomfortable, on the bed; feeling his gaze scorching her exposed body, again... Somehow, she didn't make a move to cover herself.

Somehow, she wasn't sure she wanted to…

He growled, eyes narrowing at her. "How did this happen...?"

"How did what happen? What!" She snapped, hissing icily and blushing wildly. "How did you kiss me-?!"

"Yeah, how did I kiss you!" He snapped back, glaring at her with wide eyes.

Emilia fidgeted, gulping and swallowing heavily, bright red; flushed, she met his gaze again, still trembling faintly. "I... I don't know!"

She lied, desperately; touching her cheek with one hand, unfairly overwhelmed.

"Lies." He was speechless, wordless. "We both know."

He said, almost without really thinking about it.

A brief instant of weighty silence, as the inevitable truth of this statement crashed down around them like the falling sky.

"T-That's… That's not what I said!" She whispered, squeaking; highly alarmed, in a tiny, shrill and heady voice. Emilia trembled, lightheaded, very quickly meeting his eyes and looking hastily away, again. "I said I don't know!"

"You... Don't know?" He drawled, impatiently and unimpressed, looking away; it could not be clearer to both of them that he knew she was lying.

"That's... That's what I said!" She glanced away again too, breathless, anxiously tugging her braid. "I don't know! It just happened, it just…!"

"You're lying and you know it, Emi." Maou grit his teeth, grinning faintly and still glaring down at her, tilting his head a bit. "Admit it now, save yourself the trouble-"

"Admit it?! Admit what? What do you want me to say-!?" The poor Hero yelped, weakly. Dazed and blushing wildly, she just couldn't tell what he wanted from her, she couldn't tell if he wanted her to say It happened because I probably secretly love you-

Somehow, even Maou couldn't tell if he wanted her to say something like that, terrifyingly enough…

"Don't we… Don't we hate each other?" The king of Hell managed to answer, at last, sounding very lost and weakly irritated.

"Ask yourself that...!" Furiously red, and very exasperated, quietly, she squeaked; shrill, and her voice cracked lamely. In a tight, high pitched tone, she went on. "Ask yourself, you kissed me first!"

"Did I...?" His eyes flashed at her, and she yelped, lamely, dropping her eyes to her toes again.

Brief silence. The birds chirped on, just outside the far window.

"Y-Yes...?" She almost whispered, utterly overcome.

Maou cursed. His memories were still too fuzzy, and he couldn't remember... "Maybe."

"You… You did! You kissed me first!" Emilia wheezed, defensively; fidgeting lamely on the bed and looking anxiously away. "Moron! Pervert-!"

"You let me kiss you, then!" The King if Hell countered, touching the bridge of his nose, coolly; his voice was tinged with wild chaos and desperation, however, giving away his true feelings. "You still let me kiss you, what's up with that-!?"

"I know! I don't know!" She whimpered, choked up and strangled. Utterly miserable, she wrung her hands together, desperately. "You pushed me up against a wall! H-How lewd is that!?"

Maou hissed, eyes flashing and narrowing at her, rocked by vivid bursts of memories from last night. "That's not lewd, Emilia!"

"It is so! It is lewd, you… You grabbed my breasts!" She squeaked, still mortified and blushing furiously, meeting his eyes.

"What breasts-!?" Maou snapped back, wildly, somewhat on tilt; covering his face with one hand again, and staring down at her through his fingers.

Emilia shrieked, blushing violently, and hurled a nearby pillow at his face. "You found them perfectly well last night, didn't you?!"

Maou just growled back at her, under his breath, snagging the pillow out of the air in front of his face.

He turned slightly, smouldering, and glared into the far wall.

For a moment, they were both dead silent, with the crushing, oppressive atmosphere and sexual tension swirling between them, constantly rising, asphyxiating. Dizzied, Emilia just swayed lightly in place, with the blush darkening on her face, and Maou tossed the pillow gently back to her, speechless; watching her with wide eyes, unable to look away.

"This is really happening…" He said at last, under his breath, as if finally beginning to grasp the enormity of the situation.

"W-Well… Well, it's not a dream," She whispered back, voice warbling lightly; still a bit wobbly, sitting upright on the bed and feeling a lot like jelly. "If that's what you're asking-"

"As if I dream about you." He sneered, twitching; still watching her with wide eyes. The hero fell silent, strangled; blushing violently before looking nervously away.

For a moment, she looked like she couldn't speak, mouth opening ineffectively, and then closing again.

"Don't you…?" She said at last, weakly; as if unable to believe what she was saying.

Maou just stared at her, disbelieving, for a moment; stared at her profile, at her gorgeous, brilliantly red face, as she looked poignantly, awkwardly into the far corners of the room…

"Of course I do." He answered, in a low, dry voice. She trembled, visibly shaken, still staring awkwardly away, fixedly, before shivering and hugging herself, under her breasts… Looking back over at him, at his chest, and then squeezing her eyes tightly shut.

"I dream about you too…" She admitted, in a tiny, terrified voice. "All the time."

An Unsettling quiet rang through the room, echoing endlessly in the span of a single moment.

Maou and Emi just existed together, in absolute, haunting silence for a moment; in the overwhelming, mind-blowing silence, the intimate silence, that had settled over them.

Ex-V: Did you like it? I hope so!

I'm just having a TON of fun with this story, and I've got most of the next few chapters already written out, I just need to edit them and then I'll put them up ASAP. I also have the next chapters of "Mirror" and "Searching Desperately" queued up, and will post those ASAP as well. I'm not sure whether i'll be posting the next chapter of this first, or the next "Mirror" chapter first, but one way or the other, The next chapters of this and "Mirror" will both be posted within a week or so!

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